Improvement in mowing-machines



,A.-L. LITTLE.

Mowing-Machine.

Patented June 8,1875.

WITNESSES:

THE GRAPHIC C(LPHOTO -L|m.39& 41 PARK PLACE, NY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALTON L. LITTLE, OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOWlNG-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 164, [92, dated J une 8, 1875; application filed June 22, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALTON L. LITTLE, of Sheboygan Falls, county of Sheboygan, in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain Improvements in Mowing-Machines, of which the following is a specification:

My invention is a mowing-machine, with a main frame, with a tongue with which to draw same, with a frame, U, having rod V, on'which the sickle-bar vibrates, with a shuttle in the driving-wheel, with pins and rollers to hold it in place.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, and Fig. 2 a sectional view of same.

A is the wheel by which the mower is moved; B, the frame of mower; O, the tongue of same;

D, the finger-bar; E, the sickle; F, the connecting-rod from sickle to the shuttle; G H, pins and rollers in the wheel A, which move the shuttle sidewise to give motion to the sickle; I, the head-frame, which supports the sickle; K, joint inthe frame, for setting the edge of the sickle nearer or farther from the ground; L, lever to raise and fall the front or cutting edge of the sickle; M, brace running out from the frame to the sickle-bar head, fastened with pins to frame, with a joint, N, at the head, and joint 0, connected with the tongue; P, lever and quadrant, by which, pulling on chain Q, the sickle is raised to pass over stumps or anything else when the machine is working; R, lever by which, with lever S and oint T, the shuttle G is raised out of the pins and rollers H whenever it is necessary; U, a crooked piece of frame B, in which there is a rod, V, which passes through the frame of the shuttle. On the back part of this frame is a projection, W, so that as the wheel turns it is vibrated back and forth by the irregularities of the rollers H. This rod V is long enough, between the upper. and lower portion of the frame, so that when the lever B is pressed sidewise the frame of the shuttle can be raised, and the shuttle G will be released from the rollers H. X, the seat on which the driver rides; Y, an arm running out from the frame; and on the end of this arm is a wheel, Z, which bears on the ground, and supports the sickle; A, the shaft on which wheel A operate s; B, springs, which take up the concussion of the shuttle, and help to it the sickle, and the grass will be cut. Regu- I late the distance the grass is to be cut above the ground by the lever L; and, as you drive along, when you come to a stump or any other obstruction, raise the sickle by lever B, and pass along over the obstacle.

I claim as my invention The main frame B, to which the tongue 0 is attached, constructed as described. with the frame U, having rod V, on which the sicklelever vibrates, in combination with the shuttle G and wheel A, having pins and rollers H, substantially as described.

ALTON L. LITTLE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. GRIFFITH, J. B. SMITH. 

